I love productivity systems and apps and lately I’ve developed my own, which requires only a regular spreadsheet–Excel or Google docs will do–and it’s easier and more effective than any I’ve tried. It ...

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Apples iWork 08 boasts improvements to the software suites word processing and presentation applications, but—more importantly—it fills the suites spreadsheet hole with Numbers. eWEEK Labs ran Numbers ...

Just because you're tasting wine doesn't mean you can't still get your geek on. Microsoft's Office Online site has a wine tasting spreadsheet to keep track of what you've learned, and what you like, ...

Data is rarely properly formatted and structured when you import it. Try these eight tips for fast data cleanup in Microsoft Excel. Data comes in from an increasing number of sources these days. For ...

There are a handful of capable, solid spreadsheet apps for Mac, but we've got our money on Excel thanks to its rich feature set, cross-platform (and web) compatibility, and data management tools.

Q: Hi, Jim. I work in Excel spreadsheets a lot. Is there a shortcut to changing the direction of the next cell where data is entered? Sometimes I need it to move laterally across the page and other ...